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Where Will It Take You?. 2 Sam. 11-12. Consequences of Sin. Sin will take you farther than you want to go.
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Where Will It Take You? 2 Sam. 11-12
Consequences of Sin • Sin will take you farther than you want to go. 2 Samuel 11:2–3 (NKJV) 2 Then it happened one evening that David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to behold. 3 So David sent and inquired about the woman. And someone said, “Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?”
Consequences of Sin • Sin will take you farther than you want to go. • Sin will keep you longer than you want to stay. 2 Samuel 11:4 (NKJV) 4 Then David sent messengers, and took her; and she came to him, and he lay with her, for she was cleansed from her impurity; and she returned to her house. 2 Samuel 11:27 (NKJV) 27 …the thing that David had done displeased the Lord.
Consequences of Sin • Sin will take you farther than you want to go. • Sin will keep you longer than you want to stay. • Sin will cost you more than you want to pay. • David: • Adversity in his own house (12:11) • His wives would be taken from him and be given to his neighbor who would lie with them as he had done to Uriah (12:11) • It would become a public scandal (12:12) • The child he and Bathsheba were going to have together would die (12:14)!
Consequences of Sin • Sin will take you farther than you want to go. • Sin will keep you longer than you want to stay. • Sin will cost you more than you want to pay. Genesis 3:5–6 (NKJV) 5 …God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.
Consequences of Sin • Sin will take you farther than you want to go. • Sin will keep you longer than you want to stay. • Sin will cost you more than you want to pay. Genesis 3:5–6 (NKJV) 5 …God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.
Consequences of Sin • Sin will take you farther than you want to go. • Sin will keep you longer than you want to stay. • Sin will cost you more than you want to pay. • Eve: • Pain in childbearing (Gen. 3:16) • Placed under submission to her husband (Gen. 3:16) • Adam: • It became more difficult to farm the ground (Gen. 3:17-18) • Physical & spiritual death (Gen. 2:17; 3:19) • Physical death passed to all of their descendants • Sin entered into the world
Recognizing the Progression of Sin • Thought Enters the Mind • Toying With the Idea • Scheming, Planning • Execution Helpful Hint: The next time a sinful thought enters your mind analyze what triggered that thought!